Antananarivo vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Antananarivo	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$564	$782
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$2291
🏠 One person rent	$217	$276
🏘️ Family rent	$341	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$194	$289
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.8	$113
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$110	$983
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	13	65
😀 Quality of life	41	72
🏙️ Population	1.28M	12.7M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 28% less expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 8275th and 6833rd ($564 vs $782) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 31st in Madagascar and China, respectively. Check Madagascar vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 1.3 months in Suzhou. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Suzhou ranked 13th in China, while ranked 7753rd and 3150th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Suzhou

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	Antananarivo	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.36	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.4	$37.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.59	$5.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$1.52	$3.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$291	$379
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$89.7	$161
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$518	$673
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$163	$295
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.6	$58.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.4	$89.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.6	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.44%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$699	$6055
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$586	$2903
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.08	$43.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$4.54
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$2.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.97	$1.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.86	$21.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$3.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$8.34
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$0.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.93	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.04	$10.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.59	$4.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.96	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.61	$4.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.78	$2.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.6	$37.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.25	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.9	$79.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.4	$8.04
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.3	$47.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78	$75.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.6	$903
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9859	$17664

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Cities near Antananarivo

Distance	City	Cost of living
115 km or 72 mi	Antsirabe	$496
217 km or 135 mi	Toamasina	$481
633 km or 393 mi	Toliara	$460
727 km or 452 mi	Mamoudzou	$1652
809 km or 503 mi	Domoni	$1237
842 km or 523 mi	Le Port	$1624
842 km or 523 mi	Saint-Paul	$1681
846 km or 526 mi	La Possession	$1600
848 km or 527 mi	Saint-Leu	$1795
856 km or 532 mi	Saint-Denis	$1562
872 km or 542 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1640
873 km or 542 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1588
874 km or 543 mi	Le Tampon	$1618
879 km or 546 mi	Saint-Andre	$1597
884 km or 549 mi	Nacala	$1181
887 km or 551 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1602
888 km or 552 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1468
925 km or 575 mi	Moroni	$1233
975 km or 606 mi	Nampula	$935
998 km or 620 mi	Pemba	$1521
1047 km or 650 mi	Bambous	$749
1052 km or 654 mi	Quatre Bornes	$697
1054 km or 655 mi	Port Louis	$812
1058 km or 657 mi	Curepipe	$819
1058 km or 658 mi	Triolet	$815
1068 km or 664 mi	Goodlands	$807
1077 km or 669 mi	Centre de Flacq	$672
1078 km or 670 mi	Mahebourg	$796
1128 km or 701 mi	Quelimane	$692
1315 km or 817 mi	Mulanje	$461
1333 km or 828 mi	Beira	$1000
1353 km or 841 mi	Zomba	$458
1373 km or 853 mi	Blantyre	$505
1396 km or 868 mi	Mangochi	$496
1441 km or 896 mi	Ntcheu	$495
1448 km or 900 mi	Monkey Bay	$521
1479 km or 919 mi	Chimoio	$924
1509 km or 937 mi	Tete	$828
1561 km or 970 mi	Mutare	$764
1564 km or 972 mi	Lilongwe	$591

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$696
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$644
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$683
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$669
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$594
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$667
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$643
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$650
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$684
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$557
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1126
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$623
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$620
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$636
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1002
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$652
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$636
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$701
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$646
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$652
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$860
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$604
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$611
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$647
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$680
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$675
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$525
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$626
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$618
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$644
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$601
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$678
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$671
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$765
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$677
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$632
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$584
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$680
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$623